Fake News Detection using NLP and Deep Learning

• Author(s): Pradip Subhash Ahire; Niraj Mahendra Lokhande; Prof. Gadekar M. J.
• Paper ID: 1717820
• Page: 4366-4370
• Published Date: 28-05-2026
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 9 Issue 11 May-2026

Abstract

The continuous growth of digital communication platforms has made information sharing easier and faster than ever before. At the same time, the spread of false and misleading news through social media, blogs, and online news portals has become a major global concern. Fake news can influence public opinion, create social panic, and negatively affect political, economic, and healthcare systems. To address this issue, researchers have focused on developing intelligent systems capable of automatically identifying fake information. This research paper presents a detailed study of fake news detection using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Deep Learning techniques. The proposed approach applies multiple NLP preprocessing methods such as tokenization, stop-word elimination, stemming, lemmatization, and text vectorization to prepare news articles for analysis. Different deep learning models including Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Bidirectional LSTM (Bi-LSTM), and transformer-based BERT models are used for classification. The study also compares traditional machine learning algorithms with modern deep learning techniques. Experimental observations show that transformer-based architectures provide better contextual understanding and higher prediction accuracy. The proposed system aims to support automated misinformation detection and improve the reliability of online content.

Keywords

Fake News Detection, NLP, Deep Learning, CNN, LSTM, BERT, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Pradip Subhash Ahire, Niraj Mahendra Lokhande, Prof. Gadekar M. J. "Fake News Detection using NLP and Deep Learning" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 9 Issue 11 2026 Page 4366-4370 https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I11-1717820

IEEE:
Pradip Subhash Ahire, Niraj Mahendra Lokhande, Prof. Gadekar M. J. "Fake News Detection using NLP and Deep Learning" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 9(11) https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I11-1717820